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As per Islamic law Apostasy is punishable by Death. I wonder if Meccans had followed the same for Muslims. Book 40, Hadith 8  (Muhammad's Scribe who left Islam) Abdullah ibn AbuSarh used to write (the revelation) for the Messenger of Allah . Satan made him slip, and he joined the infidels. The Messenger of Allah commanded to kill him on the day of Conquest (of Mecca). Uthman ibn Affan sought protection for him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave him protection. Abu Dawud : Book 39, Hadith 4337 http://sunnah.com/abudawud/40/1 ‘ Ali burned some people who retreated from Islam. When Ibn ‘Abbas was informed of it, he said: If it had been I, I would not have burned them, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not inflict Allah’s punishment on anyone, but would have had killed them on account of the statement of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Apostle said: Kill those who change their religion. When ‘Ali was informed about it he said: How truly Ibn ‘Abbas said! Sahi

There are number of times Quran derides some people as hypocrites. But what about Muhammad? Did he apply values or rules he expected his followers to follow to himself? Quran says that Muhammad is just a messenger but still allows him to break rules set for Muslims. 1 Maximum Number of women a Muslims can marry was fixed by Allah to 4 but Muhammad had more that 10 wives at one point in time. Muhammad even asked a person to divorce 4 four of his wives as he had 8 wives before conversion. 2. Islam allows women to remarry after death of their husband but Muhammad prevented his wives from remarrying. 3. Islam allows polygamy an Muhammad himself had many wives but he stopped Ali from marrying anyone other than his Daughter. Ali  married other women only after death of Fatima. 4. Quran says that Muhammad is just a messenger . why should Allah include verses to solve his personal problems? 5. Another hypocrisy inherent in Islam  is regarding adultery. On one hand having out